[Infowarrior] - Charges dropped in 'New Moon' incide

[Richard Forno]

Charges dropped in 'New Moon' incident 22-year-old woman accused of  
pirating 'Twilight' movie
Associated Press

Dec 11, 2009, 12:33 PM ET

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i719dc07a203bf2ec725765d2127edb3d

CHICAGO -- Charges have been dropped against a 22-year-old Chicago  
woman accused of videotaping part of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" at  
a movie theater.

Cook County prosecutors on Friday announced in court that they won't  
pursue charges against Samantha Tumpach.

Tumpach was arrested Nov. 28 in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont and  
faced a felony charge of illegally copying the film.

She had about three minutes of "New Moon" on her digital camera.  
Tumpach has said she was taping her sister's birthday party and wasn't  
trying to record the movie.

The film's director, Chris Weitz, came to Tumpach's defense. He told  
the Chicago Sun-Times there's a difference between trying to protect a  
copyright and prosecuting someone who didn't mean to commit video  
piracy.